Lieu historique national du Canada du Phare-de-Fisgard
Language of origin French language
Feature Type:Lieu historique national - (National Historic Site) A place declared to be of national historic interest or significance by the Minister responsible for the administration of the Historic Sites and Monuments Acts.
Status: Official
Other Names: Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site of CanadaOfficial
Name Authority: BC Geographical Names Office
Relative Location: At entrance to Esquimalt Harbour, just W of Victoria, Esquimalt Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 48°25'49"N, 123°26'54"W at the approximate centre of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 92B/6
Origin Notes and History:

Designated by Parks Canada in 1961 as a National Historic Site; plaque installed in 1982.
Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site and lieu historique national du Phare-de-Fisgard identified in "Canada's Geographical Names Approved in English and in French" published by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names, August 1994. The French form of the name was subsequently corrected to "Lieu historique national..." (ie. upper case L ) The expanded forms Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site of Canada and Lieu historique national du Canada du Phare-de-Fisgard are identified in "Canada's Geographical Names Approved in English and French" published August 2003 by the Geographical Names Board of Canada.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office